Recent Congressional activity reflects increasing concern in the fair lending implications of artificial intelligence (AI) in credit underwriting. Congress and regulatory agencies are likely to press financial services providers to better understand the AI they use and to ensure that its use does not …›
Germany is about to pass a new law that will officially allow e-scooters on public roads. The new law, adopted today, will give people more choices for transportation and allow for modern, green and clean mobility in cities. To date, e-scooters have been forbidden …›
Morrison & Foerster Technology Transactions partner Stephanie Sharron discusses why companies must understand which data they have rights to and what restrictions apply before they dive into AI, advanced analytics and other data-driven projects. In her InformationWeek article, “Follow the Data,” Stephanie takes a …›
The machines are taking over. Not always apparent, but Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are finding footholds in numerous industries. One area in which AI is rapidly on the rise relates to employment practices and employee control. But before …›
By all accounts 2019 will bring significant expansion in the use and development of artificial intelligence (AI) by the U.S. federal government. Notwithstanding some well-publicized rejections by industry of the use of their AI technologies for offensive military and surveillance applications, the federal …›
The Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM or the “Notice”) on November 19, 2018, concerning the list of “emerging and foundational technologies” that BIS was tasked to identify under the Export Control Reform …›
Since the advent of artificial intelligence technology, there have been countless instances of machine learning algorithms yielding discriminatory outcomes. For instance, crime prediction tools frequently assign disproportionately higher risk scores to ethnic minorities. This is not because of an error in the algorithm, but …›
Updating and building on guidance issued one year ago, the U.S. Department of Transportation published a new federal guidance document entitled Preparing for the Future of Transportation: Automated Vehicles 3.0 (“AV 3.0”). AV 3.0, released on October 4, 2018, incorporates extensive stakeholder feedback to …›
The European Commission has stated that it wants to establish the EU as a leader in the AI industry in order to, among other things, discontinue non-EU companies’ dominance of the EU tech market. Nevertheless, the Commission’s goals for increasing the use of AI …›
When companies employ artificial intelligence technologies they have to be mindful of the legal and ethical problems those technologies might cause. While the scope of legal concerns surrounding AI technologies’ impact is broad, of particular concern are instances of unlawful bias and discrimination, privacy …›